The Shutdown is Stretching On. Trump Doesn’t Seem to Mind.

As the shutdown nears a fourth week, President Trump has pushed his political opponents to further dig in.

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Trump’s Unilateral Spending Cuts Complicate Shutdown Deal

Democrats want guarantees that President Trump will not continue to claw back spending, ignoring any agreement they strike. But he has promised to keep defying Congress.

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Jack Smith Appears in Video on Behalf of Fired Justice Department Workers

A group of former Justice Department employees used the video to criticize the Trump administration’s dismissal of prosecutors and agents, including those who worked on cases related to the president.

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Trump’s Shutdown Layoffs Deepen Impasse, Angering Democrats

The president’s move to fire federal workers and his threats to make others go without pay were aimed at pressuring Democrats to cut a deal to reopen the government. The tactics have fueled Democrats’ resolve.

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White House Signals Federal Layoffs Have Begun Amid Government Shutdown

The head of the White House budget office said on Friday that reductions in force had started.

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Democratic Alarm Over an Unbound Trump Fuels Shutdown Standoff

The threat of rising Obamacare premiums has been Democrats’ main focus in the public debate, but the president’s defiance of laws, norms and congressional constraints has helped hold them together in opposition.

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Mass Layoffs Trump Is Threatening in Shutdown Fight May Be Illegal

Unions have sued to block any firings, which budget experts believe are not even needed to protect essential federal services.

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Trump Aimed Shutdown Cuts at Democrats, but G.O.P. Districts Are Hit, Too

As the president cancels projects in Democratic-run states, he is cutting money that benefits his own party’s lawmakers in some of the most competitive House districts.

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Shutdown Politics Has Republicans Singing Government’s Praises

As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching.

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Trump Seizes on Shutdown to Punish Political Foes

The White House has cut or paused billions in funding to Democratic-run cities and states since the federal government came to a halt.

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